Young Lions

living wild and young. free and crazy and without responsibilies. growing up in a small canadian town. drinking till you can't feel your feet, sneaking out at night, falling in love.

I'm thinking it's "every lion has its victim"...

In any case, I agree with what wish said...it's about just living up your youth.

Kickass.

this is a tune, it is about just doing what you do and letting life take you, standing proud and been everything you can while having the best times on the way.

Oh, young lions This is your kingdom Every beast has its poison Every lion has its victim

Choose your crime Pour the ashes out the window And get naked by the river Shining like a broken arrow

Oh, young lions This is your kingdom Roll out the cradle Climb out the window

Make your love Too wild for words Stumbling through the city With the ordinary birds

Choose your crime Pour the ashes out the window And get naked by the river Shining like a broken arrow

Loosen up the collar Shake off the wires Run like a river Glow like a beacon fire

Those are the lyrics as I heard them.

Sounds like the best damn fatherly advice I've ever heard.

It's definitely "empty mickey by the river, shining like a broken arrow"

presumably referring an empty bottle of mickey's malt liquor discarded by a river bank. Quite an image, actually.

Ah, listening to it again,

"Empty mickey by the river, shattered like a broken arrow"

even better

Yeah, it definitely is mickey, however, in Ontario and Western Canada "mickey" is a term for a 375 ml (13 oz) bottle of alcohol.

The line "every beast has its poison, every lion has its victim" does not a positive statement make. I think this is simultaneously an indictment of the silliness of youth and a call to use all that powerful youthful energy to do something...well...something glowing.

Personally I feel like the song is referring to the audience as "Young Lions", Saying the world is our kingdom, and that we all have things we crave, and we all do things that can be hurtful or things we shouldn't do.

But as young lions we need to put that behind us and "Choose your crime, pour the ashes out the window" meaning we take a wrong doing of ours and we forget about it, We stop framing it on a wall for us to remember and we relive ourselves of the "crime" again the "bottle of mickey" being a metaphor for regret and it being smashed being smashed. Relieved of the regret.

The rest goes on to say "Roll out of the cradle, climb out the window. Make your love too wild for words. Stumbling thru the city with the ordinary birds" Basically saying Carpe Diem, Live your life to the fullest and make your love (for whatever or whomever it may be) and be around "ordinary birds" meaning people without regret or those who don't hold onto it.

Also the last verse just goes onto emphasise the fact you need to loosen up, run free and shine. To excel in what you love and make it worth living for rather than holding onto regret and being dull through the lines "Loosen your collar, shake off the wires. Run like a river, glow like a beacon fire."

So overall - Pour your ashes out of the window, and make your love, too wild for words (Let go of your regrets, move on and excel, and make your love/passion for something or someone too wild for words)

Probably some of the best advice any song can ever give.